Graduation (sniff, sniff)

When I was done with 6th grade it was a joyous occasion but was not celebrated the way my daughter and her class did today. Her 6th grade class had a graduation ceremony and everything. It was fun to watch. Leigh made the honor roll.

After receiving their diplomas, her class graced us all with a musical montage performance. It was cute, very fun with songs from Hannah Montana and other popular songs like "Unwritten".


She's done really well throughout her whole elementary school career. Because we've moved a lot, she's been in many elementary schools. Seven to be exact. Three of them were just because new school district lines were redrawn three times. Every time Leigh would start a new school, she did awesome. This year was probably the hardest to adjust, but like the trooper that Leigh is, she still came out on top! We are so proud of you Leigh and love you! Congratulations!!



After the formalities and receiving a ton of lei's we headed down to the ever famous North Shore hang out "Ted's Bakery" for lunch with Grandma, Grandpa, and cousins.

Kara and Micah playing with Callie.





All the family having fun eating.

New Moon Trailer

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON trailer in HD


I know, right.

More "Surprise" Visitors

More visitors from Surprise came into town. Brooke and Cody Ashton are in our ward back in AZ. They are on vacation in Hawaii and are staying in Laie. We stopped in at where they are staying to say hi. It was fun to talk with them and see how things are doing back in our ward and in Surprise. It was fun to hear about what they've done so far and give advice on where to go around the islands. I have to say, it's been fun being a host, sort of. We've had visitors from AZ all month. Keep 'em coming!
We had fun visiting with you Brooke and Cody. Hope you have an awesome time the rest of your stay.

**I know, I know. We need a new camera. I'll probably steal Brooke's picture when she posts hers.

Spring Gymnastic Olympics

Kara had an end-of-the year gymnastics performance with the gym that she takes lessons from. It was so fun to watch Kara in her element. She performed well. She did her floor exercises and I saw that later Coach Cassandra asked if there was anyone who wanted to perform again. Kara quickly raised her hand to volunteer. She must love this sport to willingly perform in front of at least 100+ people. She did the bar, beam and floor. My favorite was watching her do the beam. Kara says her favorite is the bar. Great job Kara. We can't wait to see more next school year.

**We'll try put up the short video clip we have of her performance.

A sick Memorial Day

I almost forgot to post about our Memorial Day. Firstly, I have been sick as a dog since last Thursday. Because of that, there are no pictures. The day however was so nice, and I didn't want to lay in bed. I wanted to go do something fun with my family.
We decided to go see "Night at the Museum II". It was fun to be there together at something that everyone wanted to do. How was the movie? Well, you'll have to ask Randy and the kids. I heard it was good. I was there in the theater in body, but the rest of me was gone! Right before going in to see the movie, I could feel a sinus headache coming on and I had bad allergies on top of it all. I took Advil and Benadryl, and lasted only 30 minutes into the movie. Sad huh.

After the movie we headed to Zippy's for dinner. I don't know why, but Randy and I enjoy watching our children when we eat out. I think because everyone gets to order what they want and we are all engaged in fun conversation. We do have fun conversations at home, but sometimes we do have unhappy customers as far as what's for dinner.

For desert we hit the Cookie Corner. We saw and chatted some close friends and headed home.


I was exhausted and probably made myself worse, but it was worth it.

"Surprise" Visitors

Our neighbors from Surprise, AZ, came to visit Hawaii and we were able to meet up with them. It was so fun to talk and visit. They live directly across the street from our home in AZ.



Kara and their daughter would play all the time.




The kids kept themselves occupied with this poor lizard.

We had dinner at the beach park. We finally remembered to take pictures when it was getting dark. Again, we need a knew camera. I stole these pics from them. Hopefully we can go back and visit AZ and see everyone again.




These guys are awesome. Before we rented our house, the kept an eye on it and even took care of some of the yard work in front. It was so hard to leave friends like this behind. We were excited to see them again.

Pack 66 Hike to Scramble Hill

Today was the day for the hike I had been planning with my den. Well, it ended up being the whole pack, which is great, the MORE the MERRIER! Let me just say, I learned a lot of behind the scenes stuff setting up this hike. Hopefully, the second time around will be easier. Here pictures from our activity.


Trying to do a head count and separate into groups.

Starting the trek. Some were carrying trash bags. Part of our hike was a conservation project to clean up along the way.

What a good cub scout!

More trash. I'm so glad I gave them all gloves. There was actually more trash than I thought.


Me trying to stop the masses while we wait for others to catch up.


The hill that I specifically told them NOT to run up when we got to the top.


We need a knew camera. If you click on the picture, you can see our faces better.


I think I'm calling boys off the hill and trying to regroup to go back down.


The boys getting their snack after the long hike.


Yum! Watermelon. It was so good afterwards.


More of my boys enjoying their well-deserved snack. Thank you to all the leaders that came. Good job Pack 66!